Collards

[thevalueman]

I cut the stems out. I scrub the leaves with a hog bristle brush. Must use smoked meat in the pot. Onions like others have said. I use a splash of vinegar and a couple tablespoons sugar in mine.

try some white wine instead of sugar, I think you will be happy....

 

[Torn]

I grow my own collards and use most of the same ingredients folks mentioned above. I always cook several large batches in late fall and then pressure can them in quart jars to eat throughout the winter and spring. Gotta have collard greens, cornbread (made in a cast iron skillet), black-eyed peas for New Years Day. Don’t forget to throw a penny in the greens for good luck next year.

 

[palmettomoon]

try some white wine instead of sugar, I think you will be happy....

Granny used sugar. I may try some white wine next time though.

 

[hamburglar3]

Mom used to run the stemless leaves in the rinse cycle of dishwasher to get all the dirt grit off. Use the bone left from Christmas ham.

 

[palmettomoon]

Mom used to run the stemless leaves in the rinse cycle of dishwasher to get all the dirt grit off. Use the bone left from Christmas ham.

I'm saving a shank from a Honey Baked Ham to do my blackeyed peas.

 

[thevalueman]

Mom used to run the stemless leaves in the rinse cycle of dishwasher to get all the dirt grit off. Use the bone left from Christmas ham.

in the earlier days, I ran them in the clothes washer.....wife(at the time) put a stop to that....maybe that's another reason she's not around anymore...humm....
they don't seem to be as dirty as they used to be....that could just be me....maybe the dirt doesn't taste as bad these days...

 

[rumrunner55]

Mom cooks them in the skillet with oil and sugar/stevia and damn of it isn’t the best thing ever lol, second best is stewed with peppers and black pepper corns

 

[hamburglar3]

they don't seem to be as dirty as they used to be....that could just be me....maybe the dirt doesn't taste as bad these days...

we were from Florida panhandle so everything fresh had dirty sand. Can still feel the crunch to this day

 

[Boogar Presley]

Tried them one time. Talk about DeJa'Vu the next day

 

[lostchild]

I usually get a pot boiling with a little water, some sugar, salt, and chunks of streak-o-lean, while I’m washing and chopping the greens. Discard the stems. Add the greens and steam them ‘til done.